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- Overview
- What you need
- How YouTube Kids works
- With the Family Link app
- With the YouTube app
- Option 2: YouTube supervised experience
- How YouTube supervised experiences work
- Related resources
When you use Family Link to manage a Google Account for your child, you can set up parental controls on:
YouTube Kids: If available in your location. Learn where YouTube Kids is available.
YouTube: With a supervised experience. Learn where supervised experiences on YouTube are available.
Content settings for families using supervised experiences
To give your child access to YouTube Kids or a supervised experience on YouTube, you need to create a Google Account for them.
The YouTube Kids app and web experience includes popular children's videos and new content, delivered in a way that’s safe and easy to use for children.
You'll need to set up YouTube Kids for your child before they can use it.
Through Family Link, you can:
• Choose a content level setting
• Choose to let your child use the search function in YouTube Kids
• Unblock videos
To go to this setting directly in the app, tap the button below:
1. On your device, open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Content restrictions YouTube.
4. Under “YouTube Kids Settings,” you can:
• Update content level settings.
1. On your device, open the YouTube app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial.
3. Tap Settings Parent settings.
4. Select your child.
5. Under “YouTube Kids Settings,” you can:
• Update content level settings
Important: If your child is over 13 years old (or the applicable age in your country or region) and chooses to manage their own account, you won't be able to supervise their experience on YouTube with these controls. If you add supervision to their account, you can use Restricted Mode to filter out potentially mature content.
Important: Some features on YouTube aren’t currently available for children under 13 years old (or the applicable age in your country or region) with a supervised Google Account.
Supervised experiences on YouTube let your child transition from YouTube Kids to YouTube with parental controls. With a supervised account, you can choose how much access to give your child on YouTube, filter out unwanted content, and manage your child’s screen time.
Through Family Link, you can:
• Choose between 3 YouTube content level settings: Explore, Explore more, or Most of YouTube.
• Pause Watch or Search history.
• Unblock videos: Clear the selection of videos and channels you blocked on YouTube Kids.
• FAQ for parents about supervised accounts
• What is a supervised experience on YouTube?
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Family Link from Google helps parents stay in the loop and keep their child or teen safer online as they explore across Android and ChromeOS devices. First, a child/teen will need a compatible device (see which devices work with Family Link). Then, sign the child/teen into the device. If the child/teen is already supervised by Family Link, the ...
- Family Link does not block inappropriate content, but the settings within provide you with filtering options. Certain Google apps like Search, Chro...
- Yes. Parents can run Family Link on Android devices running Lollipop (5.0) and higher.
- Yes. Parents can run Family Link on iPhones running iOS 11 and higher.
- Parents can manage pretty much all of their child's account settings and features on a web browser. No app download needed.
- For best results, we recommend that children or teens being supervised with Family Link are using Android devices running version 7.0 (Nougat) or h...
- Yes, children and teens can be supervised when they sign into their Google Account on Chromebooks. Parents can do things like manage their child’s...
- Children or teens signed into iOS, web browsers, or other unsupervised devices can only be partially supervised. Children and teens can sign into t...
- You should plan to budget about 15 minutes to set up your child’s Google Account and Android device.
- No. It’s up to you to decide when your child is ready for their first Android or ChromeOS device.
Download videos to watch offline. You must be signed in to YouTube Kids to save videos offline. Go to the YouTube Kids app and find a video you’d like to download.
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Google Family Link gives you tools to share location, manage privacy settings, and understand how your kids are spending time on their device. Explore tools and resources to help you guide your kids’ experience on YouTube Kids. From encouraging responsible online behavior to blocking certain websites, see this family guide to parental controls.
